Zelomorpha donwindsori Meierotto

Meierotto, Sarah, Sharkey, Michael J., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Hebert, Paul D. N., Chapman, Eric G. & Smith, M. Alex, 2019, A revolutionary protocol to describe understudied hyperdiverse taxa and overcome the taxonomic impediment, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 66 (2), pp. 119-145 : 119

Zelomorpha donwindsori Meierotto sp. nov. Figure 6

Molecular diagnosis.

Nucleotides: 78 A, 213 C, 243 A, 390 G, 429 G, 456 G, 506-507 CT, 513 T, 585 G, 588 G, 603 C, 636 C, 660 G, 678-679 TG

Biology.

The two specimens of this species were reared from caterpillars in the Euteliidae , Paectes lunodes feeding on very young leaves of Ocotea veraguensis ( Lauraceae ) and Paectes fuscescens feeding on young leaves of the introduced species Anacardium occidentale ( Anacardiaceae ). Host caterpillars were collected in November and July.

Type material.

Holotype ♀: DHJPAR0048721 (ACGBA2263-12), Costa Rica, Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Sector El Hacha, Los Almendros, GPS: 11.03226, -85.52776, 290 m elevation, Elieth Cantillano coll., reared from Paectes fuscescens 11-SRNP-23258, host collected 15 November 2011, wasp eclosed 9 January 2012, (EMUS). Paratype: DHJPAR0052679 (ASHYM2033-13).

Etymology.

Zelomorpha donwindsori is named in honor of Don Windsor of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, a master taxonomist in Chrysomelidae who also contributed to the early development of ACG. The timbers from his original house are part of an ACG caterpillar rearing barn.

Figures

Figure 6. Lateral image of Zelomorpha donwindsori holotype female.